By Our Reporter
The Up Accelerate program, a UK Aid-funded program launched last November, has selected four young start-up teams which will be supported to develop their ideas into transformative solutions to tackle persistent sexual and reproductive health bottlenecks in Uganda.
The four winning teams, selected by a panel of 7 independent judges include:
- Snap HMIS –a mobile application that helps hospital data clerks compile health management information system (HMIS) reports accurately and in real time
- Teheca –is a mobile app that enables one to find the closest and most qualified caretaker that best suits their care needs from a pool of qualified caretakers.
- Drug Dash – an information system to help health centers and distribution centers manage essential medicines and health supplies (EMHS) stock levels through analytical dashboards that support quick decision making.
- IDrain – is an improved chest drainage system which removes the pleural effusion contents of mothers.
The initiative is implemented by Outbox in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and supported by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance.
Speaking at an event held at the company offices in Kampala yesterday, Richard Zulu, the Outbox Team Lead said, “We were impressed by the response and level of engagement of young people despite the complexity of the problem areas within which we wanted them to propose solutions. The amount of conversation, feedback and effort exhibited during the application period is testimony to the demand of programs like Up Accelerate among the young people in Uganda.
